The melancholic gaze / Piotr Sniedziewski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Śniedziewski, Piotr, author.

Series:

Literary and cultural theory ; 1434-0313 Volume 56.

Literary and cultural theory ; vol. 56

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European literature--19th century--History and criticism.

European literature.

Art, European--19th century.

Art, European.

Melancholy in literature.

Melancholy in art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 pages).

Place of Publication:

Bern Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group 2018

Berlin : Peter Lang, [2018]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book consists of nine chapters devoted to representations of melancholia in 19th-century art and literature. A noteworthy feature of the book is its use of concepts from later works by Sigmund Freud, Jean Clair, Jean Starobinski, Julia Kristeva and others. Those concepts elucidate further contexts of the notion of melancholia, which are presented not in isolation but juxtaposed with the philosophical background of the concept (starting from Hippocrates and Aristotle). Thus, the book not only provides a survey of images and modes of behaviour of 19th-century individuals, but also discusses the meanings of melancholia as they appeared in European culture over time.

Contents:

To wander and look (Rousseau, Chateaubriand)

Gazing and writing instead of living (Senancour)

Looking without seeing (Amiel, Macpherson, Turner, Mallarmé)

For only in sadness can talent be perceived (Madame de Stahl)

To see the nothing inside (Amiel)

Gazing helplessly through life as it recedes (Delacroix)

On the harmful effects of looking through the window (Flaubert)

To look in a tarnished mirror (Baudelaire)

Through the window and back (Balzac, Baudelaire, Hasenclever).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

3-653-06894-0

3-631-71160-3

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access